Welcome!

Asalamualikum

May Allah reward you for your interest in this project!  May Allah allow your contribution to benefit many and also make it a means of sadaqatul jaariyah (continuing charity) for you!  Ameen.

Part of Mercy Mission Canada, New Muslim Care aims to assist those who have embraced Islam.  We have started a blog as place for people to share their experiences as means of inspiration and support for others.  This is not the typical ‘How I became Muslim’ type story, but rather a more in depth look at your struggles and the lessons you learned along the way.

We have come up with a series of questions to specify certain aspects in the conversion process.  Please feel free to answer as many or few of them as you feel comfortable with.  If there are any other lessons that you would like to share and that have not been included in the questions,  please feel free to add them.

Your stories will be shared on the New Muslim Stories Blog, and perhaps different social media, so keep in mind what you write will be public.  If you wish to remain anonymous, please let us know and we will omit your name when posting.  

Please refer to the attachment for the list of questions, and email your answers to newmuslimstories@gmail.com.

Thank you once again for your participation.

We look forward to working with you,

May Allah bless our work and accept it, ameen.

Wasalamualikum,

New Muslim Care
Mercy Mission Canada

Blog Questions

What specifically attracted you to Islam?

Did you fear declaring your faith after converting? If so why?  How did you overcome this?

Did you ever feel that you had a double identity?  How did you cope with this?

What was your family’s reaction? How did this make you feel and how did you react?

How did your social life change and what did you learn from this?

How did your life at work change?  How did you cope with this?

What dawah techniques did you find helpful when dealing with family and friends?

In what area did you feel you needed the most support?

How did you feel about the Muslim community?  Did you feel welcomed? Unwelcomed? 

Did you ever experience discrimination either as a Muslim or in the Muslim community itself?

How did you begin learning about Islam?  

What advice would you give to other new Muslims who are about to tackle their learning of the religion and/or adapting an Islamic lifestyle?

Did you ever feel a decrease in faith?

What mind-frame/attitude does one need to maintain/remember during the early phase of being muslim?

If someone just became Muslim yesterday, what advice would you give them?